The Diocese of Leeds has the largest church programme of choral music for young people in the United Kingdom.
Our Choral Directors work with some 3500 children weekly (over 100 groups across 53 schools), returning to their bases to run our elite choirs; 6 boys’ choirs, 6 girls’ choirs, 5 mixed children’s choirs, 2 youth choirs, 3 university choirs and an adult choir, all drawing their membership from our school sessions. more »

The Diocese of Leeds Music Department is delighted to announce recitalists for its series of lunchtime recitals in Leeds Cathedral this summer. Alongside members of the Department, visiting recitalists will include Winfried Bönig (Organist of Cologne Cathedral), Adriano Falcioni
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The Huddersfield Girls’ Choir are back in Yorkshire after a fabulous tour to Newcastle and Hexham. They stayed for three days during which they sang at Hexham Abbey and St Mary’s Cathedral, Newcastle as well as enjoying a fun-filled day exploring Hexham.

Following great success in Bradford, Huddersfield and Leeds, the Diocese of Leeds Schools’ Singing Programme has rolled out new musical opportunities for children from January 2017 to Wakefield and Pontefract, in partnership with the Bishop Konstant Catholic Academy Trust. Bishop Konstant
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The four choirs of Bradford Catholic Youth Choir joined forces with the internationally-renowned Gabrieli Consort and Players, under the direction of Grammy-winning conductor Paul McCreesh, in a spectacular concert at St Joseph’s Church, Bradford.

Last year in April I was invited to sing at a concert in St. Paul’s Cathedral in order to raise money for the Friends of Cathedral Music. A few months after the concert, we were told that Decca would like to record a CD with as many of the
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The music department newsletter for Winter 2016 is now available as a download. It contains details of recent and forthcoming events together with information about the next broadcasts and CD releases. Also included is news from the Schools Singing Programme and Organists Training Programme. To
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